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this picture says if you ever wondered what is at the end of the rainbow, it is a ♪ ♪ >> norah: the breaking news out of the vatican. pope francis tonight is in the hospital with a respiratory infection. what we are learning about the health of the 86-year-old pope. here are tonight's headlines. ♪ ♪ ahead of holy week, pope francis undergoing treatment for difficulty breathing. ♪ ♪ new information tonight, the shooter in nashville may have had weapons training, and it comes as we learn new details about the heroic actions from the head of the private christian school. >> that is what educators and administrators do. they protect their children. ♪ ♪ >> norah: a powerful storm system dumps heavy snow and rain out west. now, the rest of the country is bracing for severe weather. ♪ ♪
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>> the fda has approved narcan for over-the-counter sales. >> the move by the fda to help combat drug overdose death. ♪ ♪ >> norah: midair fire scare, an engine gives out on a united flight. the new details. >> claims on the departure before us. >> it is not normal to have flames coming out of the back of a commercial airline. ♪ ♪ >> starbucks founder is in the hot seat about his company's efforts to block unions. >> starbucks coffee company unequivocally has not broken the law. ♪ ♪ >> follow your gut, your instincts, your heart. i am shiza shahid, i am an entrepreneur and the cofounder of our place. the more people cook, then more people gather, then we have conversations about the things that matter. ♪ ♪ >> norah: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this
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wednesday night. tonight, just days before holy week begins, catholics around the world are praying for pope francis. the vatican says the 86-year-old pope is in the hospital tonight after complaining of breathing problems. we are now learning he will undergo treatment for several days at the hospital in rome. it has been two years since pope francis last spent ten days in that same hospital, that time for colon surgery. the pontiff's audiences have been canceled for the rest of the week, raising questions about whether he will be healthy enough for easter sunday. at the white house, president biden told reporters he had just been told about the pope's health problems, and said he was concerned about his friend. cbs's seth doane is going to start us off tonight from rome. good evening, seth. >> reporter: good evening to you, norah. the pope was reportedly taken to the hospital in an ambulance. it was quite a turn for what had appeared to be a completely routine day, with the pope greeting faithful here in st. peter's square.
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this morning, pope francis was kissing babies, welcoming children, and addressing crowds at his weekly audience. but the pontiff appeared pained as he was helped into his popemobile, and soon after he was brought to nearby gemelli hospital for what he vatican spokesperson called popes as spokesman called "previously scheduled checks." this evening, the vatican revealed pope francis had complained of breathing difficulties in recent days and will be treated in the hospital for a respiratory infection, which is not covid-19. this month, pope francis celebrated his tenth year as head of the catholic church, but the 86-year-old pope has long struggled with health issues. as a young man, one part of his lung was removed after a respiratory infection. and he often speaks in a whisper. we have seen the pope regularly using a wheelchair. he suffers from knee problems and sciatica. in 2021, he underwent intestinal surgery at this same hospital where he is tonight. his predecessor, pope benedict, resigned in 2013, citing age and
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the demands of the job. when benedict died on the eve of 2023, pope francis presided over his funeral. despite the pontiff's age and health issues, he keeps a packed schedule, traveling to south sudan and the democratic republic of congo earlier this year. and norah, it is a busy period for catholics and the christian world, with holy week coming up. of course, palm sunday this weekend, and then easter. >> norah: seth doane, thank you very much. let's turn now to nashville, where first lady jill biden just laid flowers at a memorial outside the school where three kids and three adults were killed in monday's mass shooting. she took a moment to touch the photo of each victim. and as cbs's janet shamlian reports, we are learning new information about how the shooter prepped for the attack. >> reporter: cbs news has learned the covenant school shooter, seen here walking the hallways with an assault-style firearm, may have had weapons buauthorities don't where.
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or when. investigators say the shooter, 28-year-old audrey hale, purchased seven firearms legally home. >> the suspect was in an upper level. we believe that had been some training to be able to shoot from a higher level. >> reporter: the two semiautomatic weapons hale was armed with are designed to do damage. when assault-style weapons are used in a mass shooting, over five times as many people are shot. tonight, we are learning more about the victims, including the head of the school, katherine koonce, who may have confronted the shooter. >> we are hurting right now. >> reporter: wes pulley is a national city councilman. >> katherine koonce was on the zoom call at the time the% shooter entered the building. and the witness told me that katherine koonce heard the shots, ended the zoom call immediately, and abruptly left the meeting and left her office. >> reporter: among the 39-year-olds, hallie scruggs, her aunt posting on
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facebook, "she was incredibly smart, feisty enough to keep up with her three brothers, and my four boys." there is heartache in every direction tonight. >> i have a 9-year-old, so it definitely hits really close. >> reporter: from the flower-filled lawn outside the school, to the world of athletics, where today georgia tech coach brent key talked about more than football. >> it's the most heartbreaking thing in the world, to think about your daughter... [sobs] going to school, where she is supposed to be safe and protected. everybody, please, do something. >> reporter: and emotion here, as well, where we have seen this memorial since sunrise double in size. dr. jill biden is attending a vigil here in nashville tonight. the first lady, of course, an educator herself. norah? >> norah: that powerful message to do something. janet shamlian, thank you. the golden state had gray skies
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again today for residents of california, the past few weeks have been mostly heavy rain, mountain snow, and gusty winds. tonight, a powerful multi-day storm is bringing more misery, including the 13th atmospheric river of the year. here is cbs's jonathan vigliotti. >> reporter: one week into spring, another storm has blasted into california. once again closing interstate 80 to truckers. >> it's been crazy. this has been the worst winter i have been through. >> reporter: and the snow keeps falling in the sierra, an epic amount. california's snowpack has reached its highest level in 71 years. mammoth mountain has had nearly 700 inches this season. that's 58 feet. an all-time record. a seemingly nonstop parade of storms has uprooted more trees. in tulare county, a family was rescued from the roof of their cars, swallowed up by floodwater. and nearby, a sheriff's deputy pulled this dog to safety from
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the tule river. in southern california, the deluge that has turned these hills so green has swollen creaks, saturating the ground, and triggering landslides. one this morning above beverly hills. and this one in pacific palisades came down before this latest storm even hit. and tonight, we are just above this home, where you can see this landslide has only gotten worse over the past few days, and that is the fear throughout much of the state. with the ground saturated, with the wind possibly uprooting trees, even though it is bright outside right now, there is the threat of these hills suddenly and without warning giving way, norah. >> norah: jonathan vigliotti on those new fears. thank you. and as this storm system moves across east across the country, it will create a severe weather threat on friday from chicago to little rock. for details, let's bring in meteorologist chris warren from our partners at the weather channel.goningris.>> gdh another serious and dangerous
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severe weather threat setting up for the end of the week. and it starts in the west, a big system is going to bring more rain, more snow to the epic amounts of snowfall already in the mountains. in this case, it is going to be several inches of snow in the mountains. but by thursday, and especially into friday, the severe weather threat looks likely. these areas here, about 65 plus million people across about 20 states threatened by damaging winds and tornadoes, and norah, another one of the big concerns, some of those tornadoes possible after dark and during the overnight. >> norah: all right, chris, thank you. tonight, new images and new reporting after that united airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing tuesday night after one of its engines caught fire. the flight from houston to brazil had to circle back to the airport after the mid-air scare. the faa is now investigating and cbs's kris van cleave has the details. >> captain wallace speaking. >> reporter: this is not what
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you want to see out your plane window. houston firefighters hosing down the wheels after an emergency landing last night. >> flames on the previous departure before us, looked like some kind of fire on the left engine. >> 129, affirmative, we did lose the failure, will be turning back. >> reporter: united airlines flight 129 had an engine issue shortly after take off. the boeing 767 was flying from houston to rio de janeiro with 161 onboard. >> the airplane is capable of being flown on one engine. the pilots are trained to lose an engine right at take off. they are trained to land an airplane with only one engine. >> reporter: the latest air scare comes after a series of close calls at the nation's airports prompted the faa to hold a rare emergency safety summit this month. the agenc issued safety alerts to pilots and air traffic controllers to remain vigilant. >> america's aviation safety net is strong. our goal, our obligation, is to sew those threads even tighter. >> reporter: there were no
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reports of any injuries and the passengers did make it to brazil on a different airplane. norah? >> norah: kris van cleave, thank you very much. with the nationwide overdose crisis near record levels, the fda today took the extraordinary step of approving the over-the-counter sale of narcan. it is the first time the federal agency has ever supported a treatment for opioid overdoses without a prescription. cbs's roxana saberi tonight on the new move to save lives. >> reporter: the fda says it is addressing a dire public health need by making narcan available over-the-counter. >> it's been long overdue. >> reporter: substance abuse expert tanya sorrell says the move will save lives. >> we have lost more people to opioid overdoses more recently than heart attacks. so, having every home with access to narcan is a method that everyone can have access to this life-saving medication.
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>> reporter: 66% of overdose deaths in 2021 were from synthetic opioids like fentanyl, according to the latest data available from the cdc. narcan blocks the effects of opioids on the brain by preventing them from attaching to nerve receptors. over 90% effective, it should restore breathing within 2-3 minutes. health officials say if an overdose is suspected, first call 911, then administer one dose of naloxone. >> it literally just goes to the nose and you just squirt it. >> reporter: residents in arlington, virginia, recently learned how to use it. >> let's say you've given them a dose and you don't see any response. you can, after 2 minutes, give them another dose. >> reporter: naloxone is not harmful if used on someone who is not overdosing. >> we began to train people in cpr, to be able to save a life. this is the same type of crisis,
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s. xactly narcan told cbs news the spray will be available over the counter by late summer, but wouldn't say how mucvel phar, ow offer it for arod h? >> norah: roxana saberi with all of that really important information, thank you so much. well, there is new reporting tonight on when former president donald trump could face indictment from the manhattan grand jury. we learned today the jury is reportedly taking a previously-scheduled break until after easter. the move came as a surprise to many observers and means a vote on a possible indictment of donald trump will likely not happen until late april, at the earliest. the investigation is believed to revolve around falsified business records related to the hush money payments to former porn star stormy daniels. starbucks former chief executive howard schultz was in the hot seat today in front of a senate committee, where he defended himself and the coffee chain giant against allegations of
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union busting. cbs's nikole killion is on capitol hill, where tempers were brewing. >> reporter: with a cup of starbucks by his side, former ceo howard schultz defended the company he founded. >> we have created 5 million jobs from a cup of coffee. >> reporter: as some steaming senators poured on. >> these workers are out there struggling today. >> reporter: vermont senator bernie sanders led the hearing to probe the coffee chain's labor practices, accusing them of being antiunion and breaking the law. >> starbucks violated federal labor law over 100 times during the past 18 months. >> sir, starbucks coffee company unequivocally has not broken the law. >> reporter: nearly 300 stores have unionized since the first store in buffalo in 2021. including sarah pappin's in seattle. >> i think really change the dynamic in our stores. >> reporter: how did it change? >> it really just brought us together.>> repored
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agreents.n >> they have no rights. >> is there a union contract that you personally are aware of that provides comprehensive health insurance, equity in the form of stock options. >> reporter: schultz argued the company is negotiating in good faith. >> i am hearing about starbucks refusing to allow credit card tipping, cutting employee hours. >> it is quite personal when you bring up things that you have heard that are not true. >> reporter: republicans pointed the fingers at democrats, instead of schultz. >> for folks who have never created a single job in their life, to grill someone who has created hundreds of thousands of jobs, it's really extraordinary. >> reporter: sanders says this isn't about taking extra shots.% >> so really, what is going on with starbucks impact workers all over the country. >> reporter: senator sanders hopes starbucks can reach agreement with some of its unions in the coming weeks. founder howard schultz stepped down as interim ceo this month,
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but his successors says he plans to do a barista shift once a month to stay close to the company's culture. norah? >> norah: really interesting to see all that. nikole killion, thank you so much. well, tonight, the mother of a 28-year-old man who died in police custody at a psychiatric hospital is vowing to seek justice for her son. family and friends of irvo otieno gathered for his funeral today at a virginia church. otieno, whose family says he long struggled with mental illness, died earlier this month after he was pinned to the ground by sheriff's deputies and hospital workers, who are now charged with his murder. tonight, there are growing concerns over artificial intelligence and the new calls to pause the ai tech race. that's next. ♪ ♪ er money manager) different how? aren't we all just looking for the hottest stocks? (fisher investments) nope. we use diversified strategies to position our clients' portfolios for their long-term goals. (other money manager) but you still sell investments that generate high commissions for you, right? (fisher investments) no, we don't sell commission products. we're a fiduciary, obligated to act in our client's best interest.
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>> norah: on the final days of women's history month, we want to introduce you to a women's activist turned businesswoman who became a social media sensation thanks to her cookware empire. here is shiza shahid in her own words. >> i was born in karachi, in pakistan. my mother never taught me to cook when i was growing up. >> add in a little taste. >> she wanted to make sure my sister and i were free to pursue our dreams in a way she had never been. ♪ ♪ i met malala when she was 11 years old. six years later, when she was attacked by the taliban for fighting for girls' education, i ended up leaving my job to cofound the malala fund. i was 22 years old. but ha, knew that it was now or never. in pakistan, so much of our life and our culture revolves around cooking in the home and breaking bread together.
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and one southbound lane through fairfield right now. it's coming to the frontage road above the freeway, which you can see split apart from the rain, meaning that road will be closed for a while. so southbound drivers will have to go through a three-mile stretch of traffic for the time being. and let's bring if first alert meteorologist with when we will see more sun. very exciting about that. >> yeah, i'm excited to see that as well because that means there is some sunshine between the scattered showers that will continue to prowl the bay area. let's switch from the beautiful perspective to maybe not such a beautiful perspective on fir
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